(n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.

blazing blistering branding burning calcination carbonization cauterization cautery cineration combustion concremation cracking cupellation deflagration destructive distillation distillation distilling flaming funeral pile incineration oxidation oxidization parching pyre pyrolysis reduction to ashes refining scorching scorification searing self-immolation singeing smelting suttee the stake thermogenesis vesication